Study Finds Therapy Dogs Have No Effect on Anxiety in Teens
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
Psychology Today featured research led by assistant professor Megan Mueller examining the effectiveness of therapy dog interaction with adolescents
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Our Four-Legged Friends During COVID-19
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
Megan Mueller, the Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor at Cummings School, and Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Borns-Weil were featured on WCVB’s Chronicle talking about the human-animal bond and animal behavior during the pandemic.
Pets helping people cope amid coronavirus pandemic
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor Megan Mueller spoke with 7News Boston on how pets can help people cope with stress during the coronavirus pandemic
The Mother Load
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Women who are pregnant, raising children, or considering parenthood at U.S. veterinary training institutions may lack adequate support.
Motherhood and Veterinary School
Monday, December 10th, 2018
Cummings School researchers find that women who are pregnant, raising children, or considering parenthood at U.S. veterinary training institutions may lack adequate support
Animals as a Gateway to Science
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Cummings faculty capitalize on kids’ affinity for animals to foster diversity in veterinary medicine and other STEM fields Kids love animals, and the evidence isn’t only anecdotal. Research published in the journal Developmental Psychology in… Read More
Animal Instinct
Friday, June 1st, 2018
Can we capitalize on kids’ affinity for animals to foster diversity in veterinary medicine and other STEM fields?
Faculty All-Stars Teach K-12 STEM
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
On February 28th, 2017, Cummings School faculty and clinicians made the short trip to North Street Elementary School, in Grafton, MA, to lead a STEM workshop with primary school students. Their assignment: to design and make a mobility cart for a paralyzed dog. The outcome: see for yourself…
Endowed Professorships at Cummings
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Eugene White named to Amelia Peabody Foundation Chair in Agricultural Sciences; Megan Mueller is first recipient of Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professorship Two Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine faculty have been appointed to named professorships,… Read More
Animal Instinct
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
Tufts scientists seek to put some evidence behind what we intuitively know is a wonderful thing: our special relationship with the animals in our lives.
